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• Jul 08 Statement of AFSCME Pres. McEntee on the June Jobs Report
• Jul 07 “A Healthy Economy Is the Best Deficit Reduction Strategy” Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on debt ceiling negotiations (Press Release)
• Jun 03 Ordinary workers took extraordinary stand, made history Memphis sanitation strike an important turning point in the fight for civil rights, workplace equality... (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

• May 11 NYC Parents Rally For Child Care Thousands rallied outside of City Hall Wednesday in support of child care for working families.... (NY1 News)
• Apr 28 Workers Memorial Day Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Workers Memorial Day (Press Release)
• Apr 28 Memphis Sanitation Strike Workers to Be Inducted into Labor Hall of Fame Secretary of Labor to host ceremony on Friday, April 29, to begin induction of 1968 Memphis, Tenn., sanitation strike workers into Labor Hall of Fame (Press Release)

• Apr 15 California in-home services escape ax As they reduced the budget deficit, Democrats repeatedly emphasized the ideological sacrifices they'd made. (Sacramento Bee)
• Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)
• Apr 12 Federal budget cuts hit health, labor, education hardest More than half of $38 billion in spending cuts hit education, labor and health programs.... (Dispatch Politics)

• Sep 28 Is Early Childhood Education An Investment In The Future Or A Giant Waste Of Money? Advocates of early childhood education programs like Head Start often claim that the social benefits... (The Business Insider)
• Aug 25 Quality First! Early childhood initiative in Arizona Quality First! is a brand new but very important coalition to improve early care in... (Phoenix Examiner)
• Jun 27 Child care bargaining is now Oregon state law Under the watchful eye of children overseen by Oregon AFSCME-represented child care workers, Gov. Ted... (Oregon AFSCME)

Fighting Back

2011 was a pivotal year for the working middle class. It started with the scapegoating of public service workers for the country's economic woes, and continued with unprecedented attacks on...

State Battles Summit: Sec.-Treas. Saunders Keynote

State Battles Summit: Pres. McEntee Keynote

AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee delivered the opening keynote address at AFSCME's State Battles Summit, three days of intense education about fighting the unprecedented right-wing attacks on public service workers...

Protect Our Kids Rally for Child Care in NYC

A massive crowd of AFSCME activists marched on New York City Hall on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 to protest proposed cuts to child care services in the city budget. AFSCME...

• Jan 30 One-Man March for NYC Child Care Gains Support IVP Raglan George, Jr. vows to protest Bloomberg’s damaging Early Learn program until it’s gone.... (Blog)
• Aug 20 A Vote in Favor of Reclaiming Collective Bargaining in Wisconsin AFSCME Local 502 President La Tonya Johnson moves one step closer to Assembly seat. (Blog)
• May 25 New Studies: Unions Boost Child Care Workers’ Training, Job Satisfaction Child care providers have better access to crucial professional development when they join a union.... (Blog)

• Apr 13 California Child Care Providers Recognized for Service Community recognizes contributions of child care providers during Cesar Chavez Day festivities in Orange County.... (Blog)
• Dec 16 AFSCME Says No to Big Apple Early Education Proposal DC 1707 fights back against plan that would reduce children's access to early learning programs... (Blog)
• Dec 09 Judge Forces Thousands of Minnesota Child Care Providers to Wait for Their Right to Unionize Temporary restraining order blocks election due to lawsuit by union-busting conservative think tank. (Blog)

• Nov 16 Minnesota Child Care Providers Win Right to Vote for Union Representation Executive order sets the stage for negotiations over standards, funding and quality of care. (Blog)
• Jun 01 The Main Street Movement Fights over budgets, pensions and public services are really a battle for the American Dream. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
• May 13 AFSCME Members Rally in NYC to Support Child Care Services Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal would deny subsidized day care services to 7,000 children next year. (Blog)

• Mar 18 AFSCME Defends N.Y.C. Public Child Care AFSCME District Council 1707, District Council 37 and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME Local 1000... (Blog)
• Jan 01 California: Child Care Providers Fight to Restore Program for Families Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) signs two negotiated union agreements covering approximately 9,000 corrections and social service workers. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
• Jan 01 Enemies at the Gate Michigan’s home-based child care providers formed a union of their own in 2006. Since then, they have fought two right-wing organizations that want to deny them their hard-won victory. (AFSCME Works Magazine)